Christina Applegate Has Cancer: Christina Applegate Diagnosed With Breast Cancer

Posted on August 2, 2008

Christina Applegate has been diagnosed with breast cancer. This news comes only a month after her ex-boyfriend, Lee Grivas, died of a drug overdose.

Actress, Christina Applegate has been diagnosed with an early form of breast cancer, a rep for the actress confirms. The actress is most known for her character Kelly Bundy on “Married With Children”.

“Benefiting from early detection through a doctor-ordered MRI, the cancer is not life threatening,” reads the statement from the 36-year-old actresses rep. “Christina is following the recommended treatment of her doctors and will have a full recovery.”

Christina Applegate has been a staunch supporter for breast cancer research and prevention.

Her mother, Nancy Priddy, is a breast cancer survivor and in 2003 the Married…With Children actress acted as the spokesperson for Lee National Denim Day, a fundraiser to benefit Women’s Cancer Programs of the Entertainment Industry Foundation.

The actress stars in ABC’s “Samantha Who”.

Let’s hope Christina Applegate can fight this early form of breast cancer and be fine!